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1. Murray A exotica, Linn. A glabrous shrub or small tree : young 

 branches terete, the bai-k pale when dry. Leaves 4 to 5 in. long, 3-to 

 8-foliolate ; leaflets thinly coriaceous, shining, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 occasionally rhomboid, more or less obtusely acuminate, the apex often 

 notched, edges entire ; the base cuneate, often oblique. Corymbs termi- 

 nal, few-flowered. Floivers campanulate. Sepals acute. Petals oblong- 

 lanceolate, white. Ovary 2-celled, style slender, stigma capitate. 

 Berry ovoid or sab-globose, shining, red when ripe, o in. long, 2-seeded. 

 Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 502 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2 p. 522 ; Kurz 

 For. Flora Barmah I, 190 ; Oliver in Jour. Linn. Soc. Y, Sup pi. II, 28 : 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11, 374; Blume Bijdr. 1363; Wall. Cat. 6368 ; Thwaites 

 Enum. 45 ; Wight Ic. t. 96 ; Brandis For. Flora 1ST. India, 48. M. exotica 

 and brevifolia, Thwaites Enum. 45. M. paniculata, Jack in Mai. Misc. 

 I, 31 ex Hook. Bot. Misc. II, 79 ; DC. Prodr. I, 537 ; W. & A. Prodr. 

 94 ; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 29. M. sumatrana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II, 

 375 ; Wall. Cat. 6369 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1. c. 523. Ghalcas paniculata, 

 Linn. Gh. sumatrana, Roem. Synops. fasc. I, 49. M. Glenieii, Thwaites 

 Enum. 406 ; Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. II, 29. 



Andaman Islands. Malayan Peninsula, Griff. (Kew Distrib.) 

 No. 520. Distrib. — British India, China, Australia. Much cultivated 

 in gardens on account of the fragrance of its flowers. 



9. Clausena, Burm. 



Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaves imparipinnate, usually deciduous, 

 leaflets membranous. Flowers small, in terminal or axillaiy cymes 

 panicles or lax racemes. Calyx 4-5-lobed or-partite. . Petals 4-5, free 

 membranous, margins imbricate. Stamens 8-10, inserted round an 

 elongated disc, the alternate shorter ; filaments usually dilated or arched 

 and concave below the subulate tip ; anthers short. Ovary stipitate, 

 4-5- (rarely 2-3-) -celled; style usually distinct, deciduous; stigma 

 obtuse, entire or 2-5-lobed ; ovules 2, collateral, or superposed in each 

 cell. Berry small, ovoid, oblong or globose, 2-5-celled. Seeds oblong, 

 testa membranous ; cotyledons equal, plano-convex. Distrib. Species 

 about 14 : chiefly tropical Asiatic, with a few African and Australian. 



J. Clausena excavata, Burm. Fl. Ind. 87. A shrub or small tree : 

 young branches pubescent or tomentose, as are the young leaves and 

 the inflorescence. Leaves 6 to 12 in. long ; leaflets 15 to 29, membran- 

 ous, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, obscurely crenate ; the 

 base narrowed, very oblique ; the upper surface when adult glabres- 

 cent or glabrous; length 1 -5 to 3*4 in., breadth -5 to 1 in. ; petiolule 

 •1 in. . Panicle terminal, pyramidal, its length 4 to 12 in , of which the 

 peduncle forms a third ; branches spreading, alternate. Flowers '25 



